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<h4><a id="sthref8" name="sthref8"></a><a id="sthref9" name="sthref9"></a><a id="sthref10" name="sthref10"></a>To Configure Manager Properties for the Web Container</h4>
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<p>The session manager provides the means to configure how sessions are created and destroyed, where the session state is stored, and the maximum number of sessions that are available.</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>In the navigation tree, expand the Configuration node.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Select the configuration that you are changing.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Under the configuration's node, select the Web Container node.</p>
<p>The General Properties page opens.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>On the General Properties page, click the Manager Properties tab.</p>
<p>The Manager Properties page opens.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the Reap Interval field, type the number of seconds before the inactive session data is deleted from the store.</p>
<p>The default value is 60.</p>
<p>Set this value lower than the frequency at which session data changes. For example, this value should be as low as possible (1 second) for a hit counter servlet on a frequently accessed web site; otherwise, you could lose the last few hits each time you restart the server.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the Max Sessions field, type the maximum number of sessions that can be in cache.</p>
<p>A value of -1 indicates no limit to the number of sessions. The default value is -1.</p>
<p>After the limit is reached, an attempt to create a new session causes an <code>IllegalStateException</code> to be thrown.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the Session File Name field, type the absolute or relative path to the directory in which the session state is preserved between application restarts, if preserving the state is possible.</p>
<p>If this path is not set, the session state is not preserved. By default, this path is not set.</p>
<p>A relative path is relative to the temporary directory for this web application.</p>
<p>This setting is applicable only if the Persistence Type is <code>memory</code>. To set the Persistence Type, see <a href="task-webcontaineravailability.html">To Configure Availability Settings for the Web Container</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the Session ID Generator Class Name field, type the value of a custom class for generating unique session IDs.</p>
<p>Only one session ID generator class per server instance is permitted, and all instances in a cluster must use the same session ID generator to prevent session key collision.</p>
<p>Custom session ID generator classes must implement the <code>com.sun.enterprise.util.uuid.UuidGenerator</code> interface:</p>
<pre>
package com.sun.enterprise.util.uuid;

public interface UuidGenerator {

    public String generateUuid();
    public String generateUuid(Object obj);  //obj is the session object
}
</pre>
<p>The class must be in the Application Server classpath.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the Additional Properties section, specify additional properties.</p>
<p>Payara Server does not define any additional properties for the session manager.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>To add a property, click the Add Property button. In the blank row that appears, type the property name in the Name field, and type the property value in the Value field.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>To modify a property, edit that property's Value field.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>To delete a property, select the checkbox to the left of the Name field of the property that you are deleting, then click the Delete Properties button.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Click Save.</p>

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<p><b>Tip:</b></p>
<p>To return to the default settings, click the Load Defaults button, then click Save.</p>

<hr>

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</ol>
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<h5>See Also</h5>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="task-webcontainergeneral.html">To Configure General Properties for the Web Container</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="task-webcontainersessiontimeout.html">To Configure Session Properties for the Web Container</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="task-webcontainerstoreprops.html">To Configure Store Properties for the Web Container</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="task-webcontaineravailability.html">To Configure Availability Settings for the Web Container</a></p>
</li>
</ul>


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